• Song:

    Jesus Just Left Chicago

  • Artist:

    ZZ Top

  • Album:

    Chrome, Smoke & BBQ - V...

Jesus Just Left Chicago
Standard Tuning

You can get the turnaround and solo from other tabs out there. I think this gives 
you a real easy to follow chord arrangement with lyrics.

The GuitarPro tab I looked at showed this song with 3 guitars. I've played it with 
two - one doing these chords, turnaround, and solo. And the other guitar doing the 
basic blues shuffle.

   Main Chords

  G C/G   C F
E-3--3--|-x--x--|
B-0--1--|-5--6--|
G-0--0--|-5--5--|
D-0--2--|-5--7--|
A-2--x--|-x--x--|
E-3--3--|-x--x--|


(Intro)
| G         /        C/G        / | G         /        C/G        / |

(Verse 1)

  Jesus just left Chicago,            
| G         /       C/G     / | 

            and he's bound for New
| G         /        C/G        / |

  Orleans                                                        Well now,
| G         /        C/G        / | G         /        C/G        / |

  Jesus just left Chicago,                     and he's bound for New Or-
| C         /        F        / | C         /        F/C        / |

  Leans                                                         Hey,
| G         /        C/G        / | G         /        C/G        / |

  Hey                               Workin' from one end to the  other
| G         /        C/G        / | A5        /        B5-C5        / |

  and all points in between          (2nd guitar plays turnaround 1x here)
| G         /         /         / | G         /        /        / |

(Verse 2)

  Took a jump thru Mississippi,              well muddy water turned to wi- 
| G         /        C/G        / | G         /           C/G            / |

  ne
| G         /        C/G        / | G         /           C/G           / |

  Took a jump thru Mississippi,               muddy    water  turned to wi- 
| C          /         F        / | C         /          F/C           / |

  ne                                       
| G         /        C/G          / | G         /           C/G           / |

       Hey,            hey
| G         /        C/G          / |

      Then out to California, to the forests  and  the  pine
| A5        /        B5-C5        /| G         /         /         / |
     (2nd       guitar     plays     turnaround     2x     here)
                                        Ah, take me with you Jesus
| G         /         /         / | G         /        /        / |

(1st Solo - standard 12 bar blues)
G G G G | G G G G | G G G G | G G G G | C C C C | C C C C | G G G G | G G G G

         (end of solo: 2nd guitar plays turnaround 4x)
A - B - | G G G G | G G G G | G G G G | G G G G



(verse 3)

You might not see Him in person,
| G            /          C/G        / | 

                 But   he'll  see you just the sa-
| G              /             C/G            / | 

  me
| G            /          C/G        / | G            /          C/G        / | 


  You might not see Him in person,                  but he'll see you just the sa- 
| C            /           F         / | C          /           F/C           / |

  me                                 Hey,          hey
| G            /          C/G        / | G            /          C/G        / | 

  You don't have to worry, cause takin' care of business is His name
| A5        /        B5-C5        /| G         /         /         / |


         (2nd       guitar     plays     turnaround     3x     here)
| G       /       /       / | G       /      /      / | G       /      /      / |

                                                     (original song starts
(2nd Solo - standard 12 bar blues)                    fading out here....)
G G G G | G G G G | G G G G | G G G G | C C C C | C C C C | G G G G | G G G G
A - B - | G G G G | G G G G | G G G G | G G G G
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